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Bath’s standing as a city for food lovers will be further strengthened next month when Bristol-based Caribbean restaurant chain Turtle Bay opens. The group is moving into part of the former Duck Son and Pinker music store site on Bridge Street. It is spending £900,000 converting the 5,000 sq ft space into a 150-seat restaurant...
West accountancy firm Bishop Fleming’s technical tax director Andy Richens has agreed to spend more time as an adviser to Chancellor George Osborne’s Office of Tax Simplification (OTS). Mr Richens, pictured, was seconded to the OTS last year an adviser on small business taxation issues. Now he has been asked to extend his time...
Industrial Phycology, the innovative Bath firm that recently won a major national business competition, has been awarded a coveted place on one of the world’s most prestigious accelerator programmes and the chance to break into the lucrative US market. The firm, based at Bath’s SETsquared innovation hub, is taking part in MIT’s (Massachusetts Institute...
Bath-based BPM Maintenance has been shortlisted in the South West Built Environment Awards 2014 following 60% growth over the past year. The building & property maintenance company is competing in the Small/Medium Enterprise (SME) of the Year category. It said its commitment to people development and adoption of best practices within the company had...
Sports stars Heather Fell, Peter Stringer and Guy Mercer have helped Bath change management consultancy Nine Feet Tall move into its new office. Olympic silver medal-winning modern pentathlete Heather, Irish rugby international Peter and Bath Rugby flanker Guy were on hand to cut the ribbon to officially launch the new office, the result of...
Law firm Withy King, which has an office in Bath, is streamlining its personal injury and clinical negligence services in wake of far-reaching changes in legal aid. The firm has awarded a £3m contract to specialist legal services provider Ontime Group to provide it with medical reporting, non-medical reporting and medical record analysis services....
Accountancy firm Baker Tilly has appointed Kate Reid as managing partner for its Bath and Bristol offices. Kate, pictured, joined Baker Tilly as a partner in 2010. In her new role she will be responsible for the firm’s strategy and business development in the Bristol and Bath markets, and forging a close working relationship...
Mark Seager, a specialist rural accountant with 10 years’ experience on farming accountants, has joined West accountants and financial planners Old Mill. Mark, pictured, will be working mainly from Old Mill’s Wells office alongside Neil Cox and Mike Butler, where his invaluable experience will help bolster the young rural team. Mark started his career...
Accountants from the Bath area will hear from explorer, fundraiser and author Sir Ranulph Fiennes tomorrow when they join colleagues from across the West of England for their profession’s annual dinner. Sir Ranulph, pictured, is guest speaker at The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales’ (ICEAW) West of England dinner, which takes...
